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title: 雷火豊 — Abundance (Hexagram 55)
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# 雷火豊 · Abundance — Hexagram 55

Hexagram 55 of the I Ching is 雷火豊 (Abundance). Abundance — fullness like a king. The sun at noon; have no fear, but use the noon. Prepare even at the peak. At the height, sense the coming shadow and prepare.

## Work / Relationships / Health

- **Work**: Business at its peak — beware complacency.
- **Relationships**: Brilliant times; sincerity preserves them.
- **Health**: Heart, eyes, heat.

## Structure

- Number: 55
- Name: 雷火豊
- English: Abundance
- Romaji: rai-ka-hō
- Pinyin: fēng
- Upper: 雷 (Thunder)
- Lower: 火 (Fire)
- Lines (top to bottom):

```text
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```

## Recorded readings using this hexagram

### The Saga Rebellion (1874)

- Hexagram 30 → 55 · Ri (離) changing to Hō (豐), line 6
- Two officers came to Takashima to have the coming subjugation of the Saga rebellion divined. He read doubled fire — a thing that flares suddenly and disappears quickly.
- [Read the case](https://ekidan.ai/heritage/cases/saga-rebellion-1874)

## Questions about this hexagram

### What does hexagram 55 (雷火豊) mean?

Abundance — fullness like a king. The sun at noon; have no fear, but use the noon. Prepare even at the peak.

### What does 雷火豊 counsel?

At the height, sense the coming shadow and prepare.

### What does 雷火豊 say about work?

Business at its peak — beware complacency.

### What does 雷火豊 say about relationships?

Brilliant times; sincerity preserves them.

### What does 雷火豊 say about health?

Heart, eyes, heat.

### Which trigrams make up hexagram 55?

Upper trigram 雷 (Thunder) over lower trigram 火 (Fire).


Source: [Takashima Ekidan AI — ekidan.ai](https://ekidan.ai/library/55)